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Delegate Roundtables at Wireless Field Day 4



Wireless Field Day 4


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Presenters: Blake Krone, Keith Parsons, Lee Badman



WFD4 Roundtable: Getting Started With a Career in Wi-Fi


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The Wireless Field Day 4 delegates discuss the career of a Wi-Fi engineer, including how to get started and what to expect. They suggest starting with a home lab and some basic certifications, seeking out a mentor, connecting online with Twitter and a blog, and moving up in the industry.

Personnel: Blake Krone, George Stefanick, Jennifer Huber, Keith Parsons

WFD4 Roundtable: Wi-Fi Problems That Aren’t Wi-Fi Problems


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People love to complain about Wi-Fi: It’s slow, they can’t get connected, and things stop working. But many of these issues aren’t actually Wi-Fi problems! This roundtable, introduced by Lee Badman, discusses issues that aren’t actually Wi-Fi related.

Personnel: Lee Badman

WFD4 Roundtable: Tools of the (Wi-Fi) Trade


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How does a Wi-Fi engineer do his job? In this roundtable discussion, the Wireless Field Day 4 delegates discuss their favorite tools.

Casual tools: NetStumbler, MetaGeek inSSIDer

Predictive Survey tools: Ekahau Site Survey, AirMagnet Survey, Motorola LANPlanner, Cisco WCS

Discovery tools: AirMagnet Survey, WildPackets OmniPeek, AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer, MetaGeek inSSIDer, Fluke AirCheck

The Survey Process and Post-Install Validation surveys (AP on a Stick): Ekahau Site Survey, AirMagnet Survey, TamoSoft TamoGraph Site Survey

Tip: Install AirMagney Survey on a dedicated machine (or in a virtual machine), run it on an SSD, and make sure there is lots of RAM

Packet Analysis and Troubleshooting: Wireshark, MetaGeek AirPcap for data capture

Costing tools: OmniPeek, AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer

AirPcap Tip: The internal NIC on a Mac sometimes outperforms the AirPcap device

 

Personnel: Keith Parsons


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